Zelensky, Netanyahu, Trump’s America, and some thoughts about Israel

Zelensky and Netanyahu: Political Survival Through War

Zelensky and Netanyahu share a common trait: they both prolong war for political reasons—because when the war ends, both will find themselves out of power. They also share the fact that their countries entered war due to adopting American managerial culture (Israel) or following American advice (Ukraine). The only difference is that Zelensky, not particularly wisely since he is fighting Russia and not divided Arabs, is willing to fight to the end (i.e., to keep the war going), while Netanyahu is not truly willing to fight for victory (despite his military capability).

This creates a paradox: both are dragging out the war, but only one of them can actually win it. Netanyahu does not want to win for political reasons, while Zelensky cannot win and thus prolongs the war for his own political survival. We must acknowledge that they are both morbid personalities.

Next time people try to compare Netanyahu to someone, it would be better to compare him not to a real fighter like Trump, but rather to an uncalculated actor like Zelensky. After all, both are excellent performers.

Was It Good That Trump Was Out for Four Years?

A thought that crossed my mind today in the kitchen: perhaps it was good that Trump was not president over the past four years. Why? Because, although Joe Biden nearly destroyed America, at least during this time, Trump had the opportunity to study how to dismantle the deep state properly. In the process, we also witnessed a major shift of tech giants to the right.

The big question, beyond the excitement of the first month and a half of Trump’s potential return, is whether the president will be able to dismantle the deep state through a broad and thorough revolution. This primarily involves the U.S. Department of Education, the media, the Department of Defense, and to a great extent, the cultural world—all of which are funded by intelligence agencies.

True, Hollywood and academia—both strongholds of the left—may go into hibernation and reawaken in a few years. However, institutions like the Department of Education, the Department of Defense, and even the tech industry may still be within reach of reform over a four-year term. To achieve this, Trump will need more than executive orders (which his successors could reverse); he must enact real legislation to create long-term transformation.

Thoughts on Israel

The fundamental divide between the right and the left in Israel is that for the right, the state is tied to a messianic idea, and for the left, it is also tied to a messianic idea. For the right, it is a religious messianism; for the left, it is historical messianism. The right’s messianism is positive—it transcends earthly struggles and sees the Jewish people returning to their land as a reflection of holiness . The left’s messianism is negational—it does not necessarily view the Jew as sacred but sees him as redeemed from global persecution within the state.

Although each of these competing ideologies includes universal elements (the left aspires to make Jews like all other nations, while the right believes in Jewish redemption for the sake of all humanity), both perceive the particular Israeli state as the sole means to realize their messianic visions. Despite one ideology calling for divinity and spiritualism and the other for secularization and liberalism, in practice, it makes no difference—because both see the state as the ultimate vehicle for their vision.

Note that Israel is the only country where people on both sides of the aisle refer to it as 'the State of Israel' rather than simply 'Israel.'

This is because everything is centered around the state (statism). Ultimately, this focus is reflected in language itself. The ones who suffer from this situation are the people and the land, for in the long run, while 'the state' becomes an idol and an ultimate purpose, the essence of the people and the land—their vision—fades into unconsciousness, ambiguity, and irrelevance. It becomes a mere tool trapped between two ideological frameworks that have yet to reach a resolution.

This explains the compulsive need of both sides to be 'statist' and to talk about 'the State of Israel.' The obsession with statism is driven by the need to prove that their messianic vision has either been fulfilled (the left) or is alive and can be claimed (the right).

In reality, apart from the principle of the Return to Zion, both sides offer little more than hot air and corruption - hence Netanyahu on the one hand, and the Judical tryranny on the other hand, working together to play both these messianic visions via the mechanism of state all worship...

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